Key Takeaways Limerence refers to a state of attraction marked by intense longing, sometimes described as obsession.It goes ...

Autistic people are more likely than non-autistic people to hyperfocus on things. This is known as monotropism, where the ...

Leah Welborn, a late-diagnosed autistic woman, shares 7 childhood clues that were overlooked in the 1980s due to gender bias and outdated autism stereotypes. Her story exemplifies how autism in girls ...

In January, toymaker Mattel released the very first autistic Barbie doll. She’s wearing a loose purple dress and headphones.

"His autism is not the story’s worn-out comedic hook, a box-ticking exercise or the sum total of his identity," writes ...

When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments ...

Dasgupta is the author of “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins” and a professor of medicine at Boston University. President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have characterized the rise ...

I’m autistic and have a brain injury. ICE dragged me from my car anyway. Then my nightmare really began - IN FOCUS: Exclusive ...

The proposed program would allow drivers with autism spectrum disorder to voluntarily carry envelopes identifying their condition and providing guidance to officers.

Two new studies have identified an alarming connection between exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and autism in ...

The new doll reinforces the very stereotypes about neurodivergence it claims to challenge ...